Windows 10: Some Files keep appearing in the original location after restarting

It started 3 weeks ago, i have 2 files deleted from my download folder. After the laptop restarted, they were in my recycle bin but also back in my download. I kept deleting, I ended up with multiple same files in my recycle bin, and they are still in my download folder.


Emptying the recycle bin did not help.


More files going through the same thing, now I have 7 of them and slowly growing. So I tried moving them elsewhere. After restarting they are back to my download folder as well as the new location...


I have ran the Microsoft scan, then "virtool:win32/DefenderTamperingRestore" was removed... I am not sure if they are related. It did not help anyway.

What else can I do? Thank you in advance.

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Location service is greyed out

Hi Shahriar,

Thank you for responding.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused for you, I suggest you to try the below troubleshooting steps and check If it helps.

Step 1: Steps to turn on the Location settings.

• Login as an administrator.
• Press Windows key, type Location settings and select
  Change location settings.
• Check whether Location for this device is On by clicking on
  Change.
• Also turn on Location as well.

Step 2: And as you are unable to set the service Geolocation service to automatic, I suggest you to run SFC scan and check.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Follow the below steps:

• 
  Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• 
  Type “sfc /scannow” without the quotes and hit
  Enter.
  
• 
  After the scan, restart the computer and check for the issue.
  

Try to set the service to automatic by following the steps provided in the above post by Praveen Venugopal.

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of the issue, we will be happy to help you.

 

Original file location

Hi Everyone,



I have a user within the organisation that has moved a file from a folder to a newly created folder.



They seem to have lost track of where they had originally transferred the file from (original folder location).



Is there a way I could find out where the original file location?



Thanks

 

File Explorer jump list doesn't consistently show location popups

Thanks for your reply.

Whatever "it" is exactly, all I know is, it does not behave consistently. This is so across multiple systems. Also, it isn't just recent items, but pinned items that fail to produce the popup on mouse over (when they should).

If the File Explorer setting you're referring to is "Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items," I already have that turned on.

Based on my tests, I tend to think this is a bug. Did you try reproducing it?

1. Right click File Explorer in taskbar to open the jump list.
2. Mouse over any of the pinned or recent folders and see if the popup with the location path appears (as shown in the screenshot with the original post).
3. If it does appear, close out of the jump list by left clicking anywhere outside of it.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 until you find the popups not appearing. In my experience, it always occurs, even if not right away. And all too often when I need them most.